Product Description
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Each of these strictly limited edition box sets contains: Disc 1
Beginnings ; Disc 2 Face to Face ; Disc 3 Wolf ; Disc 4 Can t
Look Away ; Disc 5 Can t Look Away with bonus tracks; Disc 6
90124 ; Disc 7 Trevor Rabin Roger ; Disc 7 Live in Boston 1989
part 1 ; Disc 8 Live in Boston 1989 part 2 ; Disc 9 Lost
Soundtracks Vol. 1 Jack Frost ; Disc 10 Lost Soundtracks Vol. 2
as well as: Signed and numbered certificate; 24 page A4 photo
book, The Making of Wolf ; 24 page A4 photo book, The Can t Look
Away photo Session ; A3 ; 4 x 10 x 8 reproduction
Promotional Photos and reproduction Press Cuttings.
About the Artist
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Trevor Rabin has earned a worldwide reputation for his
innovative work as a musician and composer. Born in 1954 in
Johannesburg, he is the son of a prominent lawyer Godfrey Rabin,
who was also a highly respected violinist. Trevor showed a
natural gift for music, beginning classical piano lessons from
the age of six and, after hearing Hank B. Marvin from the
Shadows, started playing guitar at age twelve. One year later he
joined his brother Derek's band and started playing his first
local gigs soon after. This was to be a stepping stone to forming
his first band with some friends, Conglomeration. Trevor began
doing session work at 17 and established himself as the most
sought after session guitarist in South Africa. He developed his
production skills while working with all the top producers and
arrangers. Notably Trevor worked closely with Mutt Lange, who
would book him on all his sessions. As well as being a session
musician, Trevor joined a band called Freedoms Children and
played to sell out shows all over South Africa. One of the songs
Trevor wrote with the band was called "Wake Up! State of Fear"
and was a controversial anti-Apartheid song, which did not sit
well with the establishment. After a successful year with
Freedoms Children, Trevor was drafted into the South African
Army. After two months of basic training, Trevor transferred from
an Infantry Division to the Entertainment Unit. Soon after
completing his time in the army, Trevor formed the band Rabbitt
with former Conglomeration band mates, Neil Cloud and Ronnie
Robot.Rabbitt became the most successful rock act ever to emerge
from South Africa. Trevor and his band mates became teen idol
pinups and virtual recluses, having to hide from overzealous
fans. In 1976, Rabbitt (now a full time touring band) released
its first album, Boys Will Be Boys, which went gold faster than
any other South African record in history. For this album,
Rabbitt won a Sarie award, the South African equivalent of a
Grammy award, for Best Contemporary Pop Music. Rabbitt dominated
the South African charts for two years. To this day Rabbitt is
considered to be the biggest musical phenomenon ever to come out
of South Africa. Struggling with the pressures of Rabbitt and the
desire to work in London, led Trevor to move to London in 1978.
Here he produced such acts as Manfred Mann's Earth Band and
released his first solo album, Trevor Rabin. Two more solo albums
ensued (1979's Face to Face and 1981's Wolf). Accepting an
invitation from industry heavyweight John Kalodner, he moved to
Los Angeles to play in an early version of what became Asia.
Trevor bowed out of that situation to record demos for a planned
solo album, but his plans changed when his demos came to the
attention of former Yes bass player Chris Squire. Squire was
looking for a guitarist for a new band he was putting together,
and Trevor's demos became the basis for the new group Cinema. As
the album neared completion, Jon Anderson joined the band and a
new incarnation of Yes was born. The Yes "comeback" album 90125
became by far the biggest-selling of the group's career,
launching the group's only #1 single, Rabin's "Owner Of A Lonely
Heart" and only Grammy, "Cinema". In 1989 Trevor released his
fourth solo album, "Can't Look Away". After a decade of success,
including four albums and four worldwide tours, Trevor parted
ways with Yes. Immediately he was offered a film score, the
outcome of which proved prolific. Since then he has composed the
soundtracks for mega-budget Hollywood movies, enhancing the
performances of stars like Will Smith, Nicholas Cage, Denzel
Washington and Samuel L Jackson. Trevor has scored ten films for
Jerry Bruckheimer and with over $2.4 billion in ticket sales has
attested to the success of their partnership.
